LinkedIn has 18 Million Users in Asia Pacific

LinkedIn recently opened an APAC office in Singapore, as was officially confirmed by LinkedIn with a media release sent to us yesterday.

In the same statement it was revealed that LinkedIn has 18 million users in the Asia Pacific region, with a significant number of users in India and Australia. Visitors from Asia Pacific increased by 132 percent from March 2010 to March 2011, according to LinkedIn citing a comScore report.

LinkedIn’s Singapore office will manage key markets in India and Australia while seeking to expand to other countries in Asia . LinkedIn also said in the statement that it is set to open a Japan office later this year.

Arvind Rajan, Managing Director and Vice-President for Asia Pacific and Japan explained:

These are exciting times for LinkedIn. Our membership across Asia Pacific is being driven by professionals using LinkedIn to network, build their online brand, gain insights from the community and find new career or business opportunities.

We intend to focus our efforts on delivering the best product experience for our members in their careers, the brand marketers who want to reach them, and the recruiters who are looking to hire the best talent.

Earlier this month, at CHINICT, a technology conference in Beijing, Rajan also indicated interest in bringing LinkedIn to China but remained cautious with his approach. “LinkedIn will not jump in and provide something that won’t be successful,” he said.

Note: We’ll have more updates on yesterday’s meet up with Rajan and other tech folks later in the day.